Hold on, did Wojak go through all those variations just to circle back to >tfw no gf!?

"Friend" and "Girlfriend" are not mutually exclusive terms. A healthy romantic relationship should have the bonds of friendship as part of it.

Thinking of the two things as distinct is part of a problem that I feel a lot of men have: they can't or have a hard time socially interacting with women they are not related to on non sexual terms. And when you cut yourself off from half the species as a default it's not conducive to socialization.